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Registration for teaching in English is 24.10.-8.11.2024. 

The guardians of children in municipal preschool education will receive a link and more detailed instructions for enrolment via the Edlevo-message. The guardians of children in private preschool education will receive a registration link from the child's own daycare centre.

Registration for teaching in Finnish is 16.-31.1.2025. 

During weeks 2-3, families will receive a letter at home with more detailed instructions on registration practices. The service guidance and principals of comprehensive school education will make the admission decisions and student admissions during March. Registration for the Swedish-speaking teaching group is done when registering for the first grade. 

In August 2025, all children born in 2018 or earlier who have not yet started school will start their first grade. In Jyväskylä, first-grade education is provided in 32 schools in the city and three private schools.

Compulsory education begins the year the child turns seven. A new school year always begins in August. Usually, the child goes to the school which is closest to his or her home. For the first to second years, if the distance to the school exceeds 3.5 kilometres, the City provides school transport. A school other than the nearest school must be applied for separately. Admission to another school depends on the capacity available at the school. If the child attends a school other than the nearest one, commuting to school is not compensated for, regardless of the distance.

Starting school earlier or later than usual

The child can also start school a year earlier or later if there are weighty grounds for it. An informal application can be sent to the headmaster of the school, and statements from doctors, psychologists or daycare centres can be included in the application.

Advice for psychological tests is given from the daycare centres or child health centres.

Start-class (a class for preparing children for school)

Start-class is meant for children who would benefit from postponing the beginning of school. In the current school year classes are in the schools of Janakka, Kangasvuori, Kypärämäki, Kuokkala and Puistokatu.

The decision to accept a child into the start-class is made by the headmaster and is based on statements given by specialists.

The classes have students from all around the city. During the preparative year it is decided whether the student continues in the first or second year the following year.

More information tel. 014 569 0180

Service times: mon, tue and thu 9 - 12 (am.), wed 12 - 15 (pm)

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